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Some good points explaining why spreadsheets are so sticky. I do my books for my limited company in Google & Excel. Points 2 & 5 are key for me: flexibility and
by osullivj 10y ago
Some good points explaining why spreadsheets are so sticky. I do my books for my limited company in Google & Excel. Points 2 & 5 are key for me: flexibility and awareness. I tried freeagent.com a while back. Initially it seemed very convenient, but then I had massive hassle with some double booked transactions, so went back to spreadsheets. I do note that the author is an MS person, so is likely to talk up Excel...
- dend 10y agoFull disclosure - yes, I work at MS, but not on the Excel team, and have no stake in Excel in any way. That said, you can substitute Excel with any other spreadsheet processor you like :) And I agree with you that in some cases transactions are hard to track with existing tools when there are very specific scenarios that are simply not common enough to be included in the "one-size-fits-all" services. For me those are cash transactions between friends and them paying back for things through, say, Venmo.
- fleurdelotus 10y agoWhat about Microsoft Money?
- dend 10y agoHey, Money Plus Sunset is still an available download: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=20738 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=207...